This research project used mixed methods to collect data and develop funding model options that enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to access high quality, culturally safe early childhood education and support services that meet their developmental and wellbeing needs.

Recognising how critical the early years are for children’s development and continued success over their lifetime, this strategy document articulates how the Australian Government plans to prioritise and support child-centred policy development, and target investment in early years supports and services over the next ten years.

Introduced in 1999, Sure Start was the first large government initiative to provide holistic support to families with children under the age of 5 in England. This report presents evidence of the short- and medium-term impacts of the programme on educational outcomes, providing important evidence to show that intervening in early childhood to promote child...

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) was asked to review the early childhood education and care sector in New South Wales. This report incorporates stakeholder feedback on draft recommendations and sets out IPART's analysis, findings and recommendations to the NSW Government.

This paper sets out the changes in policy and delivery that could create an ideal system for early childhood in England, with the aim of narrowing the gap in outcomes at school entry between children in low-income families and their better off peers.